Are domestic dogs too reliant on humans?

Tame would be the word, domesticated wolves would be our domestic dogs I think the point is while you can train wolves, should you be telling a wolf to sit and stay? We have domesticated dogs rather than their ancestors for a reason. Rescues I accept as exceptions, better a loving home than non or an abusive one, and an animal in a family obviously needs to obey rules, but generally I think it's pretty selfish and arrogant to think a wild animal would be better off as a pet. Sakari was a rescue ( horrible breeders that got caught thank god...we saved her)...She really trained herself , we neve... [More]

Wow! She is beautiful! Do you still have her? We lost her to Chronic Pneumonia...She had heart failure , her heart could no longer keep up the lack of oxygen her scarred lungs were not making....We did everything we could , and so did the Vets..... Here is one of her Memorial Videos...... Hmmmm , can not insert a Vimeo video...strange , here is link for it.... Sakaris Memorial,Video

aren't domesticated dogs like the only animal that understands what a human pointing at something means, i heard it took years to get even a chimp to understand what the pointing gesture means while a puppy can learn it in a few weeks. I wonder if wolves could learn as quick.. When I point at something my dog looks at my finger in confusion -_-

When I was very young we lived in a house that was about 2 miles back into the woods. We had a miniature Dachshund named Ginger. Unbelievably Ginger was a ferocious, fearless and savvy dog. She'd lie on the front porch and snooze but kept one eye turned to the woods in front of her. She killed many snakes and rodents trying to cross the DMZ (area of porch in front of her) and had many run ins with raccoons as well as driving off a few black bears. We were very thankful that one of those bears didn't make contact with a paw swipe. They either took off from the shock of the moment or just plain ... [More]

Personally i hate dogs, i can never understand why people keep them And just to be clear i equally have as much dislike for cats except for maybe LOLcats.

Personally i hate dogs, i can never understand why people keep them... This is why people keep dogs.

Breed dependent, I'm thinking. I've seen some genius domesticated dogs... but own 3..2 of which are shi-tzu, and my God, they are just the dumbest, suckiest, treat-and-attention-comsuming things I've ever seen. Which I'm fine with. But their ancestor, the Lhasa Apso is pretty damn smart. Mine raised 2 kittens and 3 beagles. He also pals with my heeler. Anyone who practices animal husbandry knows domesticated animals form a human dependency. You don't need to waste taxpayers money on such a stupid study. Talk to any dairy farmer, goat or horse breeder. Lapiche

My dog is so smart she tries to form words and talk. She has called me by something that sounded like my name before. I think the study in question is based on severely inbred puppy mill pure breeds. My dog is a Pekingese but she is not the product of a puppy mill.

Another misleading title meant to provoke emotion.

Another misleading title meant to provoke emotion. My dog has called me by what sounded like Fern before and she tries to form words because I have owned many dogs and this one makes vocalizations that are unique. It sounds like she's trying to talk, so she is not stupid by any means.